Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction ebook

by Lois Mai Chan

Lois Mai Chan is Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Kentucky, Lexington

Lois Mai Chan is Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Kentucky, Lexington.

Lois Mai Chan (Chinese: 麥麟屏, July 30, 1934 – August 20, 2014) was an American librarian, author, and professor at the University of Kentucky School of Library and Information Science until 2011. On July 30, 1934, Chan was born in Taiwan. Chan's parents are Mai Wuzhi and Tuen-Mok Sau-Ng.

The late Lois Mai Chan was formerly Professor Emerita in the School of Library and Information Science at the . Cataloguing and classification is a difficult topic

The late Lois Mai Chan was formerly Professor Emerita in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. Cataloguing and classification is a difficult topic. Chan and Salaba clearly know their stuff, but as a beginning student, I found the text confusing and hard to make sense of, especially when applied to real-world examples.

The third edition of Lois Mai Chan's classic Cataloging and Classification covers the analysis and representation of methods used in describing, organizing, and providing access to resources made available in or through libraries, including both the materials owned by the library (mostly physical items such as books, journals, and nonprint materials) and external resources such as those in electronic form that are accessible through the library's portal. Chan emphasizes the standards for bibliographic control that were developed over the years and have been widely adopted in the library field; reports on recent developments in the retrieval arena; and discusses a number of widely used metadata schemas in order to provide a brief overview of this important movement closely related to resource description.Divided into six parts—a general overview; resource description; access and authority control; subject representation access; the classification and categorization of library resources; and the encoding and processing of cataloging records—each part of the book begins with a list of the standards and tools used in the preparation and processing of that part of the cataloging record covered, followed by suggested background readings selected to help the reader gain an overview of the subject to be presented. Fully updated to incorporate changes that have occurred during the interval between the second and third editions, this book is the standard text for the teaching and understanding of cataloging and classification.

Khiceog

This I used in one of my college classes while working on my MLS. It gave me a greater understanding in cataloging and how to classify all books. I would definately recommend this if you are going into Cataloging books.

Isha

Dense text. I recommend you use it with a companion text.

Quemal

Easy to follow along and good references. Chapters were quite lengthy.

Azago

So far, so good. I've only just begun reading "Cataloging and Classification" for my cataloging class at San Jose State, but it's very readable. Complex cataloging schemes are made understandable. I would recommend it for those interested in library cataloging, though I can't imagine reading it as a causal book.

Corgustari

Good Textbook but very dry reading.

Fhois

Good condition.

Coiwield

This product has been what I expected it to be and and it has been very useful for its purpose

If you can rent this book, you should. Come March 2013 the standard will change and who knows what happens then. That time mark already happened, and I am still trying to!!!! to figure it out.